Spanish Language School in El Puerto de la Maria, near Cadiz

Academia de Español Trinity School:
Our reknowned school is located in the heart of the city of El Puerto de Santa Maria,on the Bay of Cadiz in Andalusia. We are just a 2 minute walk from the world famous bullring. Our school is a professional language school with the Instituto Cervantes accreditation. We have 9 fully air conditioned classes all with natural light. There is also a kitchen where we teache students how to cook the local dishes.

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Why learn Spanish in El Puerto de Santa Maria ?
We guarantee you that you will enjoy a wonderful learning experience as well as be able to take in the breathtaking landscape and enchanting cultural aspects. You will learn Spanish during the day and take in the magic of the area in the evenings. The school is perfectly situated near the main Avenue to give students easy access to tapas bars, café shops, banks, pharmacies and shops. Also the nearest beach is just 15 minutes away.

Adult courses for individual or groups, 17+; Summer Camp for Teenagers 14-16 years; General Spanish language Courses; Private Spanish Courses; Semi-Private Spanish Courses; Intensive Spanish Courses; Super-Intensive Spanish Courses; Part time Spanish Courses; DELE EXAM Course.

Both our permanent and part time teachers that form part of the teaching staff are professionals with more than 3 years of experience and continue their training by assisting courses on a regular basis focused on our needs in teaching Spanish as a foreign language. All our teachers have University degrees in Spanish Philology and are guided by the head of studies.

Trinity School is an accredited Instituto Cervantes school, members of CEELE, la AEEA, FEDELE, ELE CADIZ, ASELE, and ELITE.
Trinity College London, and Cambridge young learner examinations in the United Kingdom, CSN in Sweden and Bildungsurlaub in Germany.

The town was founded after the Trojan Wars by Menestheo, General of de Athens, settling in the city and naming it El Puerto de Menestheo. Later the Phoenicians and the Greeks were responsible for the increase in commerce through the port. Proof of this fact is the archaeological ruins of Doña Blanca that date from the VIII century B.C. The town was also occupied by Romanas and Visigoths and in the year 711 it was conquered by the Moors in the battle of the Guadalete who renamed the town Alcanatif or Port of the salt mines. In the year 1260 the town was re-conquered by Alfonso X who changed its name to Santa Maria del Puerto.

In various works of Alfonso X the town was the protagonist of various miracles of the Virgin Mary. Christopher Columbus chose this town as his residence where he convinced a local merchant to put his boat (La Santa Maria) at his service in which he made his voyage to the new World of America. Great progress was made in the town during the XVI and the XVII centuries with the building of the Royal Boats and housing the headquarters of the Navy. At the end of the XIX century, commerce to the New World had declined and after a number of wars and revolutions the town ceased to expand. In the XX century and thanks to the commerce of the local wine and sherries and of course tourism, the town now a city, began to recover it former glory.

The activity programme varies in fuction of the budget of the group and the number of weeks, the offer is ample and varied depending on the time of the year.

The students, on the day they arrive, receive a folder with all the information about the activities that we are going to do; a brief text accompanied by illustrations (this is included in all courses, for groups or individual). This way, when we do the famous tour of the historical centre of El Puerto de Santa Maria on the first day, the students have had the possibility to read a little about the extensive history of our city, this makes the explanation of the city given by the guide more enjoyably and interesting.

We achieve that the students enjoy all the activities more by letting them know the importance of each place they visit.